McMullen Co. TX - Indian Depredation Claim of William W. Talbert - 1791

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   Court of Claims of the United States
   
   Indian Depredation No. 1791
   
   William W. Talbert v. the United States et al.
   
   Deposition of Selina Tope, for claimant, taken at Tilden, Tex., on the
   10th day of November, A. D. 1914.
   
   Claimant Counsel, Harry Peyton, Esq.; defendants' counsel, John A.
   Hendricks, Esq.
   
   SELINA TOPE, having been first sworn, states:
   
   My name is Selina Tope. I am the wife of James Tope. I am not related
   to W. W. Talbert, and have no interest in the case.
   
   Direct Examination:
   
   Question. Please state, if you recall the incident, when Nolan and Sam
   Bruce had a fight with some Indians and Nolan killed a horse belonging
   to Talbert that was being ridden by an Indian.
   
   Answer. Yes, sir; I remember it.
   
   Question. Did you see any Indians at that time?
   
   Answer. Yes, sir; six or seven Indians came down the bank of the
   Nueces just before that. I was on the opposite side of the river and
   saw them. I understood that they went on down a few miles and then
   swung around and were going up the country when they met up with Nolan
   and Bruce, and Nolan shot at one of them, who was riding Talbert's
   horse, and killed the horse. When they turned back north they were
   going toward Talbert's pasture, and it was about there they met up
   with Nolan and Bruce. I heard all about this just after I saw the
   Indians, and we all were satisfied that they were the same Indians, or
   that is what the men all said. Of course I don't know anything more
   than that. I saw the Indians as they passed on down the Nueces and
   then heard about Nolan and Bruce meeting them, and only know what the
   men said about it. I did not know what Indians they were, nor what
   horses they got.
   
   Cross examination waived.